Thursday, September 11, 2008

Video Game Ratings

Post the ratings system in Canada. Post your thoughts about the current system and suggestions for improvement or change.

32 comments:

The Wine Makers Apprentice said...

EARLY CHILDHOOD
Titles rated EC (Early Childhood) have content that may be suitable for ages 3 and older. Contains no material that parents would find inappropriate.

EVERYONE
Titles rated E (Everyone) have content that may be suitable for ages 6 and older. Titles in this category may contain minimal cartoon, fantasy or mild violence and/or infrequent use of mild language.

EVERYONE 10+
Titles rated E10+ (Everyone 10 and older) have content that may be suitable for ages 10 and older. Titles in this category may contain more cartoon, fantasy or mild violence, mild language and/or minimal suggestive themes.

TEEN
Titles rated T (Teen) have content that may be suitable for ages 13 and older. Titles in this category may contain violence, suggestive themes, crude humor, minimal blood, simulated gambling, and/or infrequent use of strong language.

MATURE
Titles rated M (Mature) have content that may be suitable for persons ages 17 and older. Titles in this category may contain intense violence, blood and gore, sexual content and/or strong language.

ADULTS ONLY
Titles rated AO (Adults Only) have content that should only be played by persons 18 years and older. Titles in this category may include prolonged scenes of intense violence and/or graphic sexual content and nudity.

RATING PENDING
Titles listed as RP (Rating Pending) have been submitted to the ESRB and are awaiting final rating. (This symbol appears only in advertising prior to a game's release.)

Anonymous said...

i think that there should be rating on the vilonce and graphic detail like blood and nudity from 1 to 10 that way you know what to expect in the games and your parents know what to expect

because alot of times games are under rated

Mckinley said...

I think that the ratings on videogames are perfect just the way they are. It doesn't really matter what they're rated because kids can just get their parents to buy them for them.

Ben said...

I think that they are too strict on video game ratings. Because if there is a little blood and violence in the game its instantly rated teen because it has some violence in it. I've seen a game where there was a very small ammount of blood in it it was rated teen because it had blood in it.

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Mama J said...

i think that how their rating video games right now is good, i don't think that they should change anything.

Alex Loeffelmann said...

Early Childhood
Content suitable for children ages 3 and over. Contains no violence. Child requires reading skills, fine motor skills and a high level of thinking skills.



Everyone
Content suitable for persons ages six and older. They may contain minimal violence, some comic mischief (for example, slapstick comedy), or some crude language.



Teens
Content suitable for persons 13 and older. Contains all the above, plus more animated or realistic violence. May have strong language and/or suggestive themes



Mature
Content suitable for persons ages 17 and older. These products may include more intense violence or language than products in the Teen category. In addition, these titles may also include mature sexual themes.




Adult Only
Content suitable only for adults. These products may include graphic depictions of sex and/or violence. Adults Only products are not intended to be sold or rented to persons under the age of 18.



Rating Pending
Product has been submitted to the ESRB and is awaiting final rating.

This is the rating system.
I think the rating system is pretty good.
Everything seems to match, and the age
is suitable for the game play.

Anonymous said...

I think that the rating system in Canada is well thought out. Young children shouldn't be exposed to violent games. I don't think that it would need any improvements or change.

Unknown said...

the most extreme content of the final game- such as - violence, language, sexuality, gambleing, alchahol, tobbaco, and drug references. thats the basic criteria on how a game is rated

Anonymous said...

I think that the rating system in Canada is well thought out. Young children shouldn't be exposed to violent games. I don't think that it would need any improvements or change.

Anonymous said...

ESRB Rating Symbols
EARLY CHILDHOOD
Titles rated EC (Early Childhood) have content that may be suitable for ages 3 and older. Contains no material that parents would find inappropriate.

EVERYONE
Titles rated E (Everyone) have content that may be suitable for ages 6 and older. Titles in this category may contain minimal cartoon, fantasy or mild violence and/or infrequent use of mild language.

EVERYONE 10+
Titles rated E10+ (Everyone 10 and older) have content that may be suitable for ages 10 and older. Titles in this category may contain more cartoon, fantasy or mild violence, mild language and/or minimal suggestive themes.

TEEN
Titles rated T (Teen) have content that may be suitable for ages 13 and older. Titles in this category may contain violence, suggestive themes, crude humor, minimal blood, simulated gambling, and/or infrequent use of strong language.

MATURE
Titles rated M (Mature) have content that may be suitable for persons ages 17 and older. Titles in this category may contain intense violence, blood and gore, sexual content and/or strong language.

ADULTS ONLY
Titles rated AO (Adults Only) have content that should only be played by persons 18 years and older. Titles in this category may include prolonged scenes of intense violence and/or graphic sexual content and nudity.

RATING PENDING
Titles listed as RP (Rating Pending) have been submitted to the ESRB and are awaiting final rating. (This symbol appears only in advertising prior to a game's release.)

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Anonymous said...

the video games ratings are fine cuz we an all find a booter to buy them for us if we really want them. most of our parents don't care what we play.

Unknown said...

i don't think that the esrb which is the game rating system should change the criteria on how they rate games

Unknown said...

When submitting a game for the board's scrutiny, the developer fills out a questionnaire that describes potentially offensive material, especially sequences involving drugs, sex, or violence. The company must also supply the rating board with the scripts for any scenes with dialogue and material like song lyrics. The package sent to the ESRB will also include a videotape showing the game's basic plot and each questionable scene. Such videos can be several hours long.

Pearl said...

eC means early childhood, E means everyone, E10, means everyone over ten, T equals teen, M means mature, Ao means adult only, and lastly RP equals rating pending. I also think that the ratings of these games are too low. A very gory game that allow you to murder people can be played by 10 year olds. I don't think that there should be a change in the rating system but in the permission to purchase them.

Anonymous said...

I think that the current video game ratings shouldn't be changed. One thing they should change is how people can get them.

Alex Loeffelmann said...

Yo.
I don't think there needs to be any change.
Personally i don't really care.
The ages seem to be suitable for the rating.
Not much else to say.

Anonymous said...

I think the rating system is to strict, i don't think they should change how they are rated but just let everyone
buy them, because they see the rating, so it's their choice.

Anonymous said...

I think it should stay the way it is because i get to play fun games and people should get to play what they want. If parents have a problem with it then dont buy game that are to high rating for ur chieldren cant blam the stores

Anonymous said...

I think that ratings in Canada are fine the way they are. Young kids shouldn't be exposed to very violent things. If I could change something, I would only allow teens to buy violent video-games.

Anonymous said...

EARLY CHILDHOOD
Titles rated EC (Early Childhood) have content that may be suitable for ages 3 and older. Contains no material that parents would find inappropriate.

EVERYONE
Titles rated E (Everyone) have content that may be suitable for ages 6 and older. Titles in this category may contain minimal cartoon, fantasy or mild violence and/or infrequent use of mild language.

EVERYONE 10+
Titles rated E10+ (Everyone 10 and older) have content that may be suitable for ages 10 and older. Titles in this category may contain more cartoon, fantasy or mild violence, mild language and/or minimal suggestive themes.

TEEN
Titles rated T (Teen) have content that may be suitable for ages 13 and older. Titles in this category may contain violence, suggestive themes, crude humor, minimal blood, simulated gambling, and/or infrequent use of strong language.

MATURE
Titles rated M (Mature) have content that may be suitable for persons ages 17 and older. Titles in this category may contain intense violence, blood and gore, sexual content and/or strong language.

ADULTS ONLY
Titles rated AO (Adults Only) have content that should only be played by persons 18 years and older. Titles in this category may include prolonged scenes of intense violence and/or graphic sexual content and nudity.

RATING PENDING
Titles listed as RP (Rating Pending) have been submitted to the ESRB and are awaiting final rating. (This symbol appears only in advertising prior to a game's release.)


this are the rating for the video game today i think that the RP rating should not be allowed to be released unless the buyer is warned

Tyson Haeh said...

Each ERSB Rating is unique and supports the content for each game, the rating means it is not appropriate for people under the Rated age. eC means Early Childhood and is intended for young children in their early years.
E means Everyone, Everyone can play regardless of age. E10+ means Everyone age 10 and up can play.
T means Teens and anyone who is older can play. M means anyone 17 or older can play, Ao means Adults over the age of 18 can play. Its not that you cant play them its just you not supposed to play them.

I think the Ratings are pretty good right now. But I think the Mature rating should be lowered a little bit for like 15 year olds.

Unknown said...

ESRB raters do not actually play the games during the rating process.

Unknown said...

I think that video games should be rated similar to movies. They have similar content in them so why are they rated differently?

Becky McMillan said...

I think that the video game rating system is okay, but i think that the way they are handed out is not acceptable. the sellers dont care who they send the game out to and probably dont even check to see if the rating matches the kids age so an 8 year old could be buying a mature game and they dont realive

Anonymous said...

i dont think changing the age limit or any thing like that would help because people at a young age would play it any way. its the parents who should pay attention to what kind of games there children are playing.

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The Wine Makers Apprentice said...

my idea of the new video games. have to contain more information about the product on the outside of the cover.

dakOTA said...

I Think They Should Just leave ratings the Way They Are.

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